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Bibles and Translations
The Bible Gateway
Includes versions in German, Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish, Tagalog
as well as NIV, NASB, RSV, KJV, Darby, and Young's.
Bible Search Engine
This free search engine with a variety of translations as well as Hebrew
and Greek versions is from Olive Tree Bible Software.
ECanon: Online Search
Engine for Canonical Texts
ECanon is a database of canonical texts, currently containing four versions
of the Bible, including the NIV. ECanon can be searched interactively
from the home page, or links to specific passages or searches can be
embedded in Web pages.
The Biblical Studies Foundation
A wealth of resources from The Biblical Studies Foundation,
a non-profit evangelical organization. Includes the beginnings of their
own completely new translation, the New English Translation (NET
Bible). Includes extensive notes on the translation and endorsements
by some important Biblical scholars. Site also includes some helpful
articles, most from a fairly conservative viewpoint.
The World Wide Study Bible
A compilation of a variety of study resources organized according to
scripture passages. Find a book of the Bible or a chapter and find scripture
translations, audio readings, commentary, sermons, treatises, hymns,
and meditations.
Online Study Bible
From crosswalk.com, tools include an interlinear Bible, a parallel Bible,
and a "Bible In A Year." Over a dozen translations.
Blue Letter Bible
Impressive presentation of interlinear Bible using King James Version
and Strong's numbering and definitions. Includes Treasury of Scripture
Knowledge, concordance, and commentaries with conservative flavor.
Bibles.net
A directory of online Bibles and Bible reference material.
The Crosswire Bible
Society
Open Source Bible tools for computer use. See particularly the Sword
Project.
Bible
texts, translations and texts related to the Bible
A scholarly source for ancient texts.
Oremus Bible Browser
A simple interface to the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
Biblical Languages
Inquiries into Biblical
Languages
David L. Washburn, an independent Lutheran scholar, graduate of Fort
Wayne Bible College and Denver Seminary, describes himself as a "Specialist
in biblical languages." He has extensive links to sites with
helps in Biblical languages, archaeology, and textual criticism. He even
offers to answer questions. For the serious researcher.
Biblical Commentaries, Studies,
and Other Helps
Guide
to Christian Literature on the Internet
The Institute for Christian Leadership provides an extensive guide to
Christian literature accessible on the Internet, including Bibles, study
aids, commentaries, and other classic books.
The New Testament Gateway
A scholarly site from Dr. Mark Goodacre of the Dept. of Theology, at
the University of Birmingham, England. This site includes such things
as the All-in-One Biblical
Resources Search, the The
Greek New Testament Gateway and a host of resources on such hot
scholarly topics as the historical Jesus, the synoptic problem, textual
criticism and women and gender.
Bible Study Tools
From crosswalk.com comes this large collection of Bibles, commentaries,
concordances, dictionaries, lexicons, and more.
The Commentary
Page
A quick survey of this site reveals an impressive number of links to
commentaries; however, you'll have to dig to find what you want since
there are no notes to tell you the nature of each link. Author claims
no particular theological position.
Free Bible Commentary
A vast array of Biblical commentaries by Bob Utley, retired Professor
of Hermeneutics from East Texas Baptist University. Also contains sermons,
audio files, commentaries in other languages, as well as charts, survey
material, and a clear delineation of the authors hermeneutical principles.
The Ecole
Initiative
A hypertext encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World Wide Web.
Sections of the Encyclopedia include:
- Documents -- Translations of Judæo-Christian and Islamic
Primary Sources to 1500.
- Glossary -- Short Essays on Numerous Topics
- Articles -- Long Essays on Major Topics and Figures
- Images -- Judæo-Christian Iconography and Religious
Art
- Chronology -- Timeline with Geographical Cross-Index
Guide
to Early Church Documents on the Internet
From the Institute for Christian Leadership is this guide to Internet-accessible
documents from the early church. Includes New Testament canonical information,
writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Patristic texts, creeds and canons,
and more.
Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Bills itself as "The only encyclopaedia for North Africa and the Middle
East." Useful for research into Biblical background issues.
Mysteries of the Bible
This site claims to be "scholarly, not religious" but appears
to offer fascinating archaeological evidence for Biblical events. This
site contains a series of scholarly lectures on "hot topics"
such as "Lost Tribes," the Flood, Babel, the Origins of Christianity
and more. Updated regularly with many links and illustrations.
What the Bible Says About...
Logos Research Systems offers this
topical index based on the New
Nave's Topical Bible. A good starter for a topical sermon.
Leonard Sweet's PreachingPlus
Leonard Sweet and Group Publishing, Inc. have partnered in this service
planning resource for pastors. Most of the material is available only
by monthly subscription.
Postmodern Bible Dictionary
Interactive hyperlinked Bible dictionary. An interesting project in
the beginning stages.
TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
An electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian
biblical texts. Contains scholarly articles.
Society of Biblical
Literature
Online version of scholarly publication.
Biblical Archaeology
Society
Publishers of the Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review,
and Archaeology Odyssey. BR is a particularly accessible
resource to the average preacher detailing some of the most interesting
recent Biblical scholarship.
Hitchcock's
Bible Names Dictionary
A public domain online dictionary containing more than 2,500 Bible and
Bible-related proper names and their meanings.
Illustrations & Quotations
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Classic Christian books in the public domain, published in electronic
format. There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime.
JavaCasa Christian Resources
Ecumenical Headline News, Belief and Culture in Focus, and other categories
make this offshoot of the Desperate Preachers Site a fertile source
for sermon illustrations.
Project Gutenberg
"Fine Literature Digitally Re-Published" This is a vast
array of mostly public domain texts ranging from classic literature
to presidential speeches.
Christian History Magazine
From Christian History magazine comes a weekly online resources
that features a topic in Christian history and also gives various dates
and facts. Useful for sermon illustrations.
InfoSearch
A good sermon illustration tool available for purchase. Has a number
of databases including Sermon Illustrations, Current Thoughts and Trends,
and Clean Church Humor. Also allows you to add your own illustrations.
Internet
Sermon Prep
Tap a reservoir of illustrations and applications by James L. Wilson.
This article gives practical hints for pastors on using the Internet
effectively for finding sermon illustrations.
CDRI: The
Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative
A repository of digital resources. Includes digital images of woodcuts,
photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, and manuscripts. Also lithographs,
sermons, shape-note tune books, manuscripts, and images of Christian
art and iconography.
Lectionary Aids
The Text This Week
This site offers Revised Common Lectionary resources, scripture
study and "Worship Links and Resources" by Jenee Woodard,
a United Methodist scholar. Wonderfully laid out. Texts are searchable
by week in the lectionary or by books of the Bible.
Preaching Peace
This is a website dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ
from a peace perspective. The authors write most of their own material
and draw heavily on the mimetic theory of Rene Girard. In addition to
introductory material on Girard, most of the material is organized according
to the church year.
Lectionary Home Page
Helpfully laid-out collection of scripture passages for the Revised
Common Lectionary.
Comments:
Revised Common Lectionary Commentary This site offers brief commentaries
on each week's readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. Although
generally introductory in nature and suitable for anyone interested
in the lessons for the week, the author also includes a section called
"Clippings" that contains more technical information on each reading.
Sermons and Sermon-Lectionary
Resources
This site by Richard Fairfield, a United Church pastor from British
Columbia, has some excellent lectionary resources and links to other
related sites. Tends toward a high church perspective.
Lectionary
Vanderbilt University site listing all of the Revised Common Lectionary
texts along with art work for reflection. Also contains a link to the
Vanderbilt Library.
Consultation on Common Texts
Mennonite Links
Biblical passages used in Mennonite
Bulletins
Mennonite Publishing House listing of the texts that appear on Mennonite
Church and General Conference Mennonite Church bulletin covers. These
texts generally follow the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL).
Adult Bible Study Online
The new electronic update to the Adult Bible Study material from
Herald Press. Contains up-to-date illustrations tied to the Uniform
Lesson Series. You can also receive this via e-mail by sending the message
subscribe menno.rec.study.ss
to server@MennoLink.org.
Confession of Faith in
a Mennonite Perspective
Contemporary confession of faith created in the process that created
Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.
The
Schleitheim Text
Important confession of faith of the early Anabaptists.
AMBS Library Internet
Resources
From the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) library comes
a selection of some of the best scholarly resources that are especially
pertinent for Mennonite studies. Worth checking out if you are going
in-depth on a subject.
Mennonite
Statements on Homosexuality
A collection of statements from 1985 by Loren Johns, AMBS Dean.
Mailing Lists
Preaching
the Revised Common Lectionary List
This is one of the best mailing lists for those who preach from the
lectionary. There are a good mix of persons from evangelical to
mainline Protestant to Episcopalian and Roman Catholic. This page takes
you to links for joining this mailing list and accessing the archives
from March 2001 onward.
Ecunet
This is one of the oldest E-mail resources in computing. Membership
is required, although the "Lite" version is free. Generally
mainline Protestant in flavor.
Preaching
The
Exchange for Sermon and Worship Ideas
Run by a United Church of Christ minister, this site provides opportunities
for anyone to post sermon ideas.
Desperate Preacher's Site
Founded in 1996 by a preacher wishing to find an ecumenical group of
preachers interested in an exchange of thoughts on the weekly lectionary
texts of the Revised Common Lectionary on the WWW, the Desperate Preacher's
Site now includes hundreds of resources ranging from sermon illustrations,
humor, theology, and discussion groups.
Preaching.com
From the creators of the magazing Preaching: The Professional Journal
for Preachers comes this companion website. Includes table of contents
from the current issue and selected articles from past issues. A collection
of sermons, e-mail newsletter, and guidelines for writers also included.
PreachingToday.com
Another companion site to a printed journal, this one from the publishers
of Christianity Today. Enough freebies to entice you to sign
up for one of their paid membership levels.
Pulpit.org
Feature articles from issues of The Living Pulpit, an attractive
preaching journal whose issues are based on specific topics.
Sermons
Note: The inclusion of sermon collections in this site is intended
for inspiration and ideas, not to replace the preparation of a pastor
for preaching to the local congregation. Please be respectful in attributing
borrowed material to its source.
Sermons & Sermon - Lectionary
Resources
A huge ecumenical site with plenty of of free resources for pastors,
by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild. Most of the material is categorized according
to the church year.
Piper's Notes
A library of evangelical messages that were given by Dr. John Piper
and others at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One
of Dr. Piper's key emphases is what he calls "Christian hedonism"
summed up in the slogan, "God is most glorified in us when we are
most satisfied in him."
"Worship That
Works" Lectionary Sermon Web Site
Episcopal site with mostly complete sermon texts.
iFindSermons.com
A fee-based sermon search service.
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